(1 October 1824 – 26 May 1904) was a British public servant who acted in several managerial positions in the young colony of New South Wales, where he was known as "Captain Martindale".
[2] Appointed by Governor Denison,[2] on 22 July 1857 he replaced Captain Mann as Chief Commissioner of Railways for New South Wales, there being three Commissioners forming the board of control, then after a change in the Government Railways Act he was, on 28 December 1858, appointed sole Commissioner for Railways at the head of an Executive Council.
[1] One of his first observations was the inconvenient location of the terminal station, and in his first report, dated 22 October 1857, he recommended extending the railway into the city or, at least, construction of a tramway to Circular Quay.
He also recommended extending the line into Hyde Park from Redfern, and make that the terminal station.
[1] In January 1861 Martindale resigned and returned to England, and resumed a busy public life.